Oklahoma SB889: Hospitals; requiring hospitals to make public certain file and list; authorizing compliance monitoring and enforcement; prohibiting certain collection actions. Effective date.

What the bill says

An Act relating to hospitals; defining terms; requiring hospitals to make public certain file and list; stating requirements for list of standard charges; requiring certain digital publication of specified information; requiring certain online display of list; stipulating requirements related to accessibility and formatting of list; requiring annual update of list; stating requirements for list of standard charges and selection of shoppable services; requiring list to include certain information; directing certain display and availability of list…

From the enrolled text, May 21, 2025:

An Act relating to hospitals; defining terms; requiring hospitals to make public certain file and list; stating requirements for list of standard charges; requiring certain digital publication of specified information; requiring certain online display of list; stipulating requirements related to accessibility and formatting of list; requiring annual update of list; stating requirements for list of standard charges and selection of shoppable services; requiring list to include certain information; directing certain display and availability of list; authorizing certain compliance monitoring by the State Department of Health; authorizing certain actions for noncompliance; defining material violation; authorizing issuance of certain notice upon certain determination; specifying certain requirements for corrective action plans; prohibiting certain collection actions by noncompliant hospitals; authorizing certain civil actions; imposing certain requirements on hospitals found noncompliant; providing certain construction; amending 63 O.S. 2021, Section 1-725.2, which relates to definitions in the Transparency in Health Care Prices Act; excluding hospitals; providing for codification; and providing an effective date. SUBJECT: Hospitals SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1-725.11 of Title 63, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: As used in this act: 1. "Ancillary service" means a hospital item or service that a hospital customarily provides as part of a shoppable service; 2. "Chargemaster" means …